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Climate

Subway proselytizer preaches climate emergency, trains others to spread their message

Subway proselytizer preaches climate emergency, trains others to spread their message

A retiree gives unsolicited climate emergency talks on the New York City subway, frequently receiving applause. Now he wants to teach others how to preach their own messages to a crowd.
by Ben James

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Climate Curious: Ask a climate expert

Climate Curious: Ask a climate expert

"As part of our Climate Curious project, MPR News asked listeners what they want to know about climate change. MPR News Chief Meteorologist Paul Huttner sat down with a climate reporter and a climate scientist to answer some of the questions listeners submitted."
by Julie Siple, Paul Huttner and Elizabeth Dunbar

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Climate Curious: Does climate change make predicting the weather more difficult?

Climate Curious: Does climate change make predicting the weather more difficult?

MPR News is answering your climate change questions, and Climate Cast is helping out. Mary Dow-Bunnell asks: How is climate change affecting meteorologists’ ability to accurately predict the weather?
by Paul Huttner

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Here comes the sun: Solar schools project launches in central Minn.

Here comes the sun: Solar schools project launches in central Minn.

A ribbon-cutting Thursday will mark the official opening of the project, which will use onsite solar energy to power schools in two different districts and a community college. Organizers hope the project will become a model for schools interested in cutting energy costs by investing in solar.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Earth's oceans are getting hotter and higher, and it's accelerating

Earth's oceans are getting hotter and higher, and it's accelerating

The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released its latest report on the oceans, and it's not good. The report also notes a relatively new phenomenon in the oceans: marine heat waves.
by Rebecca Hersher

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As personal challenge, writer makes climate change a mainstream literary topic

As personal challenge, writer makes climate change a mainstream literary topic

Writer Amitav Ghosh chided the literary world of writers, critics and readers to take climate change seriously and make it a central topic. While his new novel “Gun Island” does that, it’s also a page turner.
by Euan Kerr

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